Under the inspiring motto “Boundless Education” the second annual International Universities Conference organized by EEUA took place in Bolshoi Petrovskiy Hall of the President hotel in Moscow. The event was visited by about 83 universities, i.e. 97 participants, who conducted the total of 630 pre-scheduled appointments with interested parties during the 2 days of the conference.

On the first day all participants indulged in informative sessions concerning the current issues of educational systems of Russia and CIS countries, as well as different student mobility programs. The second day of the conference was highlighted by an exceptionally informative speech devoted to World University Rankings delivered by Phil Baty, Editor of Times Higher Education Rankings, as well as a presentation on behalf of Sochi Olympics Organizing Committee.

On May 22, 2013 the experts from Geneva (Switzerland) read two lectures at the Faculty of Management and Marketing of Kalashnikov ISTU: Gertrude Nimako-Boateng, Executive Director of International Trade Institute for West Africa (lecture: “The multilateral trading system: the rights and obligations of WTO member states”) and Roy Damary, Professor of Economics, President of Russian-Swiss Club, President of INSAM: the Graduate Institute of Business and Management, founder of Geopolitical Research Foundation “Geopol Services S.A.”, member of Coordination Council of the International Union of Economists (lecture: “The encouragement of innovation: macro- and microeconomics complement each other”). Our Swiss guests read the lectures in English but they speak Russian well.

Rector of Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University Boris Yakimovich is awarded the title Doсtor Honoris Causa of Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic.

The official ceremony took place in the Rectorate of Brno University of Technology on May 20, 2013. Among the guests of the ceremony was the General Consul of the Russian Federation in Brno Andrei Sharashkin.

In the framework of the cooperation agreement between Kalashnikov ISTU and Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín our university hosted the group from Slovak Republic from 17 April to 11 May, 2013.

Two professors (Ján Zápotočný and Lukaš Bridík) read lectures to undergraduate and master students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Kalashnikov ISTU entitled “Application of lasers in machine part manufacturing technology” and “Increasing the barrel surface hardness from the point of improving the small arms quality”, respectively.

On May 02, 2013 two 1-year master students from our partner University of Zadar, Croatia came to our university to study. Marina Premeru and Petra Sinovcic are majoring in sociology and Russian language and are going to take courses of Russian language and speech standard, lexicography of the Russian language, history of Russia, culture studies, psychology of advertising art and public relations.

On April 09, 2013 our university hosted the delegation from Kazakhstan headed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation Galym Orazbakov in the frameworks of their visit to the Udmurt Republic.

The delegation visited the research center “Innovative techniques of material processing” and had the discussion with the university administration.

On March 06, 2011 Kalashnikov ISTU and 14 Russian and 15 Chinese universities signed the Declaration on the establishment of Association of Technical Universities of Russia and China (ATURC) in Shenzhen, China. The permanent directorates of ATURC are founded at Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT).

In the frameworks of ATURC the Chinese government provides scholarships for Russian students from the signatory universities. Thus, in 2012 the master degree holder in radio engineering Oleg Mikheev got the scholarship and is currently studying the Chinese language at HIT. Next academic year he will start the PhD studies.

Developing and strengthening of international cooperation in education are the priorities of the university.

In the middle of March 2013 A.V. Elensky, Vice Rector for International Relations and Accreditation, had a working trip to People’s Republic of China. The purpose of the visit was the attraction of Chinese schoolchildren and students to study at our university.

It was on this date in 1996 when then Presidents of Russia and Belorussia Boris Yeltsin and Alexander Lukashenko signed the Agreement “On Education of Russian and Belorussian Community” in Moscow that gave the start to official interstate relations.

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